[Ads-l] Outside a horse, a book is man's best friend--inside it's too dark to read

[Mark Mandel]

Thanks.

Mark


On Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 2:51 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> Or maybe, given Groucho Marx’s prominence in anecdotes sourcing the
> “Inside of a dog” version, it’s a variant of “landsman”.  Just kidding (I
> think).
>
> LH
>
> > On Aug 16, 2021, at 2:33 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
> adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Mark Mandel wrote:
> >> This "lensman" is probably a photographer, but I will ask this
> >> nevertheless: Is there any indication of whether the title is an
> allusion
> >> to E.E. "Doc" Smith's series of "Lensman" science fiction novels
> >> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensman_series), first published
> 1948-1954?
> >> In those, the word has nothing to do with photography.
> >
> > The column contains a series of pictures of animals: dog, cow, lion,
> > monkey, pigeon, fox, cat. The text accompanying each picture is
> > written from the viewpoint of the animal.
> >
> > The series of photos leads me to think that "lensman" refers to
> photographer.
> >
> > Garson
> >
>
>

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